Frontend Prototyping Engineer: AI & Data

Accrete; Washington, Baltimore (District of Columbia, MD); On-site; USD 145,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Accrete is seeking a Frontend Engineer to join our government-focused AI workforce initiative. You will rapidly prototype data-driven interfaces that integrate APIs, AI models, and data sources, delivering tangible demonstrations to mission clients.

You will collaborate with engineers, data scientists, product managers, and government customers to translate requirements into working prototypes, balance speed with quality, and help evaluate production potential.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Counterintelligence or Lifestyle Polygraph
• 3+ years of experience in data engineering, software engineering, application development, or a related technical field
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience
• Strong experience with C++, Python, Java, SQL, and any equivalent programming skills
• Experience working with APIs and integrating multiple data sources
• Experience rapidly developing software prototypes or proof‑of‑concepts
• Strong understanding of software development fundamentals
• Ability to work across unfamiliar technologies and quickly learn new tools
• Strong problem‑solving and debugging skills
• Ability to work independently and make technical decisions in an ambiguous environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Rapidly develop functional software prototypes to demonstrate new concepts and capabilities
• Translate ambiguous mission requirements into working technical solutions
• Build proof‑of‑concepts that combine data, APIs, AI models, and software components
• Develop lightweight applications, services, scripts, and interfaces to test new ideas
• Iterate rapidly based on user feedback and technical findings
• Evaluate prototype approaches and make recommendations for production implementation
• Work across the technology stack as needed to get prototypes operational
• Identify technical risks, limitations, and dependencies early in the development process
• Maintain clear documentation of prototype architecture, functionality, and technical decisions
• Build data ingestion and transformation pipelines to support prototypes
• Integrate structured and unstructured data from multiple sources
• Work with APIs, databases, files, feeds, and other data sources
• Clean, normalize, transform, and enrich data for analytical and AI applications
• Develop SQL queries and Python-based data processing workflows
• Monitor data pipelines and troubleshoot data quality and integration issues
• Create reusable data workflows that can transition from prototype to production
• Integrate AI and machine learning capabilities into software prototypes
• Work with LLMs, embeddings, RAG, information retrieval, and AI agents where appropriate
• Develop prototypes that automate manual or knowledge‑intensive workflows
• Experiment with different AI models, APIs, tools, and architectures
• Build workflows that combine data processing with AI‑driven analysis or decision support
• Develop evaluation methods to measure prototype performance and usefulness
• Work closely with data scientists and AI engineers to test new approaches
• Partner with software engineers, data scientists, product teams, and mission experts to understand requirements and quickly convert them into a minimum viable product for collecting feedback
• Participate in technical design sessions and architecture discussions
• Translate customer needs into technical requirements and implementation plans
• Communicate prototype capabilities, limitations, and technical tradeoffs
• Support demonstrations and technical discussions with government customers
• Provide recommendations on whether and how successful prototypes should be productionized
• Work directly with government customers and mission users to understand operational challenges
• Rapidly respond to emerging technical requirements and mission needs
• Build prototypes that demonstrate measurable mission value
• Support customer demonstrations, testing, experimentation, and deployment
• Operate effectively in secure and potentially classified environments

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

C++

Python

Java

APIs

Prototype development

Problem solving

Independent work

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Elasticsearch

AWS

Azure

Spark

Job description

Accrete is seeking a Frontend Engineer to join our government-focused AI workforce initiative. You will rapidly prototype data-driven interfaces that integrate APIs, AI models, and data sources, delivering tangible demonstrations to mission clients.

You will collaborate with engineers, data scientists, product managers, and government customers to translate requirements into working prototypes, balance speed with quality, and help evaluate production potential.